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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ohio (WDTN) -- Officials spoke at noon Thursday giving an update on the water situation in Montgomery County.

Officials said not all communities are included in the boil advisory. Those communities include:

Centerville

Kettering

Miami Township

Moraine

Washington Township

Additionally, the following cities have their own water systems and were never affected by the boil advisory:

Oakwood

Huber Heights

Vandalia

Englewood

Miamisburg

Union

West Carrollton

Officials distributed 34,000 bottles of water to the community. Distribution of those water bottles was set up and made available at the following locations until 6 p.m. Thursday:

Christian Life Center - 3489 Little York Road

Happy Corner Church - 7037 N. Union Road in Clayton

Trotwood Fire Station 72 - 5469 Little Richmond Road

County officials say they are working with the Dayton Foodbank to created a new, centralized bottled water distribution site to function through Saturday. They are expected to release those details at 10 a.m. on Friday.

Officials stress they have a limited amount of water at this time. While they are working to obtain more they ask that only residents who have a medical need or do not have access to bottled water on their own.

Kroger and Walmart also donated and distributed water to those in need Thursday.

Dayton and Montgomery County Health Commissioner Jeffrey Cooper said Thursday whenever there is any kind of disruption the water system, and it's an unplanned or unexpected change, there is always the potential for contamination.

Cooper said, "It is a nationally recognized best-practice to issue a boil advisory out of an abundance of caution."

Cooper continued saying that while the risk of people becoming ill may be low, "we have to recognize that there are sensitive members of the population." These include very young infants, individuals who have chronic illnesses or are immuno-compromised, as well as the elderly are likely at greater risk of becoming ill if they consume contaminated water.

Dayton officials said Thursday morning the city's water treatment plant is pumping at full capacity and returning water to systems impacted by a massive water outage.

City and Montgomery County officials confirm crews have identified the location of a large water main break.

Noon update on Montgomery County...

Dayton City officials say crews isolated areas systematically until they found the affected area. Crews found the water main break around 1:30 a.m. in pipes underneath the Greater Miami River. Officials say it was difficult to find the break near the river due to elevated river levels.

According to Dayton City officials, it took roughly eight hours for the water treatment plant to fill the entire system.

At morning press conference, @cityofdayton states that the water system should be repressurized and back to 100% in approximately 8 hours. Please see link for current boil advisory map https://t.co/v09kJ4Vlso

First and foremost, Chief Biehl is encouraging residents to stay away from the downtown area where the rally is taking place. Instead, he says, consider attending one of the many other community events taking place Saturday that are meant to highlight Dayton’s true sense of identity.